Klarinet Archive - Posting 001301.txt from 1998/03

From: Karen Miner <teach94@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Ralphing. (Not blowing chunks, puking, hurling, tossing your
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 17:40:14 -0500

>On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Mark Charette wrote:
>
>> Joshua M. Coleman wrote:
>> > On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 BKruse@-----.com wrote:
>> > > It can't be "RAY-fur" because then it would be spelt "Ralpher"
>> > Wouldn't that be pronounced (RAL-fuhr)?
>>
>> Not by Mr. Von Williams.
>>
>> Ding.
>
>I suspect that there's something to do with Ralph VAUGHN Williams here,
>but as a lowly college student, I'm very clueless. (Perhaps not as
>clueless as the HS students...or Josh...Lord knows NO one could be
>more...er, nevermind).
>
>Is his name not pronounced the traditional RalfVonWillyumz as it is
>deceptively spelled, or what?
>
>Or do I deserve a bop for that?
>
>Shouryu Nohe

I was told by my college clarinet teacher (Dr. Mellott at Southern Illinois
University at Edwardsville) that it was pronounced "Rafe". He told me this
when I did his Six English Folksong (I can't remember the exact title off
the top of my head and the music is packed away with the rest of my college
stuff after moving back to my parents...(another story!!) ). Anyway, it was
originally for cello, but transcribed for clarinet. I did it on my Senior
Recital back in "92.

Karen Miner

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the
artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other all of us, all
of you, are endowed with powers of fantasy." .... Leonard Bernstein

Karen Miner :-)
email address: teach94@-----.com
webpage: www.edwpub.com/members/kminer

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~